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Well, personally I feel sorry for anyone who can't be open to new artists and releases and who have to live in the past - musicaly anyways. I enjoy old Autechre & BoC - what can I say? I also enjoy TTAviv, Novel23, arovane, Dub Tractor, blahblah, so on and so on. I think that the AER split is pretty damn nice in parts, too. So I think it's important to keep one's pulse on anything that makes you happy to listen to - whether that amounts to listening to "come to daddy" until your ears bleed or jamming to the new Solvent CD is a personal choice of opinion and taste. And those were my last 2 pennies. -somrux. ----------

quoted 21 lines My major gripe is that many people only know about a few "IDM"

> My major gripe is that many people only know about a few "IDM" > artists, most obviously Aphex, Autechre, and Squarepusher. Anything > these guys release is scrutinized and examined and gone over like > it's the Shroud of Tourin, when in fact the stuff they are releasing > isn't worth even purchasing. The attention on this list, in my eyes, > should be going to all the new and spectacular releases coming out. > We should be debating just how GOOD the new Solvent CD is, not how > awful DrukQs turned out. > > While new releases/artists are mentioned, most listeners still live > in the past. They tell new electronic music fans to "check out > Autechre's old stuff", instead of telling them to get the latest > Novel23 CD, for example. While appreciation for history is good, and > necessary, the tremendous focus the "classic" artists get on this > list is disproportional to the quality of the music they are > currently producing. > > I guess what I am saying is to get over the old music, and start > paying attention to the new artists. > > -shane

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